Marsilio da Carrara

Marsilio da Carrara (1294-March 1338) was the lord of Padua from 1324 to 1328, succeeding Jacopo I da Carrara and preceding Cangrande I della Scala, and again from 1337 to 1338, succeeding Mastino II della Scala/Alberto II della Scala and preceding Ubertinello I da Carrara.

Biography
Marsilio da Carrara was born in 1294 to the Carraresi family, and in 1324 he succeeded his uncle Jacopo I da Carrara as lord of Padua. His nephew Niccolo betrayed him to the Scaligers of Verona, allowing for Cangrande I della Scala to conquer Padua. He married his cousin Taddea to Mastino II della Scala while serving as vicar of Padua, and in 1330-31 he conquered Brescia from the Papal States, becoming its vicar. In 1332, he had his wife poisoned after he suspected her of being adulterous, and in 1337 he betrayed Verona by conquering Padua after Cangrande's death, allying with Florence and the Republic of Venice. He died in 1338, and his cousin Ubertinello I da Carrara succeeded him.